The Lagos State Police Command has
arrested men who specialized in wearing fake police and army uniforms, to
arrest commercial bike riders, otherwise known as Okada riders.
It was gathered that once these fake
policemen and soldiers arrest the Okada riders, they either extort them heavily
or they impound their motorbikes, to sell them later.
One of the suspects recently
arrested for posing as a soldier to impound Okada, is one Abdulrazaq Busari.
He was said to have dressed as a
soldier and was accompanied by a second suspect, Suleiman Jinadu, pretending to
enforce the ban on Okada.
They were accosted by policemen
attached to the Apapa Police Division and the Rapid Response Squad.
It was further gathered that a team
of policemen from Apapa, were on operation to arrest commercial bike riders,
flouting the restriction of motorbikes, when they suddenly noticed two men in
army camouflage, trying to forcefully a motorbike from its rider.
The suspects were said to have given
the game away after they took to their heels at sighting the police team.
Sensing foul play, the police gave a hot chase and nabbed the two men.
The suspects both confessed to being
civilians. They told police that they wanted to threaten the rider and collect
money from him or his motorcycle.
The suspects further revealed that
they were contracted by one Sanni to be doing the illegal work.
Buhari said they bought the uniform
from the Sanni who claimed he got the uniform from a soldier.
Buhari said Sanni sold the uniform
to him at the cost of N1, 500.
A man, identified as Abdulhadi by
police investigation, promised to buy the motorcycles from the suspects
whenever they were able to get any.
Abdulhadi promised to pay N50, 000
for each motorcycle the duo delivered.
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